Rail joint



Get. 18, 1927. 1,645,864

F. \E. KING RAIL JOINT Filed March 24. 1927 v Patented Oct. 18, 1927.

- UNITED. STATES FRANCIS E. KING, or nun'rnve'ronj wnsr' VIRGINIA.

RAIL J e Application filed March 24, 1927. seria noqrmsea i My invention relates .to rail joints. 3 object is to provide a construction which (i18 pensing with bolts will be capableflof inexpensive manufacture, easy of. use, and will make a thoroughly dependable connection between the rails.

v: -My invention consists in' whatever is described by. or is included within the terms or scopeof the'appended. claims. 1 In the drawings: .1

tion illustrating an vention; 1

Fig. 2 is a cross section on the. line 2 2v 1 of Fig: 1; and v Figs. 3 and 4 are, respectively, elevations of opposite sides.

Referring in detail to what is shown in the drawings, it will be seen that my device comprises a. mainmember in the form of a plate, 10, which may be roughly described as L-shape in cross section, the vertical arm of the L, when in position, extending between the underside of the rail-head down- 2 ward alongside the web and over the rail flange on the same side of the rail so that its shape corresponds with that of the adjacent portions of the rail, and the horizontal arm of the L being extended beneath the base of the rail to the opposite side and being carried beyond the opposite side with a vertical jog, 11, upwards at the edge of the rail, such jog forming a shoulder to engage the adjacent edge of the rail base, and thus the rail base being engaged on opposite edges, lateral displacement is prevented. Upon the portion of the horizontal arm projecting be yond the rail is placed a clamp, 12, in the form of a narrow plate or bar, which in what 4 I now consider the best form of my invention is pivotally connected to such portion of the horizontal arm by a rivet, 13, so that said clamp bar may be swung from a position extending parallel with the rails (as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1) to a pos1 tion at right angles thereto and overlapping or lying upon the adjacent railflanges at the joint between the rail ends, so that it overlaps the flanges of both rails at the joint,

as shown in full lines in Fig. 1. The clamp bar has beyond the pivot a downwardly projecting crimp or oil-set, 14, situated to engage the adjacent edge of the horizontal arm of the member, 10, when the clamp is in clamping position, and thereby is held from accidental displacement. There is, of course,

Fig. :1 is a top plan view partly in sec embodiment of my in-' enough give ]or yield to allow-the mm ment of the cr mp over the adjacent surface of the horizontal member in *tur ninggthe. I

912mm bar-between het O positions'shwn 1n the drawin H v For engaging the rail holes to secure the: rails against longitudinalmovement, the vertical :arm of the member, 10, has in position to enter the rail holes, horizontally projecting lugs, 15, one foreach hole, whichl a're inexpensively formed by punching out from I the vertical arm of the. member, .10. Thus,

I provide a very inexpensive and yet satisi factory substitute for bolts that are commonly used for thefishortie plates of railjoints.

It will be seen that although joint coinprisesthree parts counting the rivet, yet for all practical purposes, itis a single or onepiece member or unit for the parts assembled remain assembled, so that there are no loose or separate pieces that must be separately taken care of, and the workman inmaking the joint has to deal with but one member or unit. For applying the device to connect two rails, the workmanneeds no other tool than a hammer. It will thus be seen that in application, as well as in manufacture, expense is reduced to the minimum. I

Because of the extended surfacecontact between the rail ends and the plate,rno bonding of the rail ends is necessary, and thus economy of road construction is contirbuted.

My joint is especially useful in mines, and when steel mine ties are used, my joint may be permanently attached to the ties, so that Eie and joint would then be a complete mem- What I claim is:

1. A rail joint comprising a substantially L-shape member with portions to lie against the side of the rail and beneath and beyond the rail on the opposite side provided with integral lugs l to enter the rail holes, said lugs bein struck out of the portion of the plate at t e rail side, and a clamp adapted to extend between such member and the rail flange on the upper side, said clamp being a bar permanently pivoted to said member.

2. A rail joint comprising a substantially L-shape member with a vertical portion adapted to lie against the rail side and having rail hole entering projections, and a horizontal portion adapted to extend be neath the rail to and beyond the opposite side thereof, and a rail engaging clamp bar pivoted to such horizontal portion and movable on its pivot between positions paralle with the rails and crosswise thereof.

3. A rail joint comprising a substantially v L-shape member with a vertical portion adapted to lie against the rail side and having rail hole entering projections, and a horizontal portion adapted to extend beside and lie against the side of the rail and beneath and beyond the rail on the opposite side, and a clamp bar pivoted to said portion that extends beyond the rail and adapted to overlap the adjacent rail flange on theupper side, said member hating between the clamp bar. pivot and the rail base a jog thatis engaged by the adjacent edge of the rail base an forms a bearing to sustain lateral thrust from the rail.

5. A rail joint comprising a substantially L-shape member with a vertical portion adapted to lie against the rail sideand' having projections to enter holes in the rail, and a horizontal portion adapted to extend beneath the railbase and having a rail edge. engaging (jog from which such portion extends outwar and a clamp upon such'o'utwa'rdly projecting portion adapted to overlie the top of the rail base, said jog formin a bearing, with which the adjacent edge of t e rail contacts to resist lateral thrust on the side where the clamp is situatedysaid jog being formed by carrying said outwardly projecting-pop tion to a higher plane than the portion of the t-shape member directly beneath the rail ase. i i r In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature. a V a v FRANCIS E. KING. 

